S.O. 2445(E). Notification under Section 129 and 2(68) of the CoSS, 2020

MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 12th May, 2026

S.O. 2445(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred under sub-section (68) of section 2 read with section 129 of the Code on Social Security, 2020 (36 of 2020), the Central Government hereby appoints the officers mentioned in column (2) of the following Table to be the Recovery Officers for the purposes of recovering the amount which is in arrear relating to Chapter V and Chapter VI of the said Code for the area of jurisdiction specified against them in column

(3) of the said Table in relation to all establishments for which the Central Government is the appropriate Government under clause (a) of sub-section (3) of Section 2 of the said Code, namely:-

TABLE

Sl. No. Officers Jurisdiction

(1) (2) (3)

1. All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central), in The whole of India. headquarter, Office of Chief Labour Commissioner (Central), New Delhi

2. All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central) in The State of Gujarat and the Union Ahmedabad Region Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.

3. All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Ajmer The State of Rajasthan. Region

4. All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Asansol The civil districts of Burdwan, Birbhum, Region Bankura and Purulia in the State of West Bengal, and any new district formed out of above districts.

5. All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Bengaluru The State of Karnataka. Region

6. All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in The State of Odisha. Bhubaneshwar Region

7. All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in The States of Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh Region Punjab, Haryana and Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh and Chandigarh.

8. All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Chennai The State of Tamil Nadu and the Union Region Territory of Puducherry (except Yanam and Mahe districts).

9. All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Cochin The State of Kerala and Union Territory Region of Lakshadweep and Mahe districts in the Union Territory of Puducherry.

10. All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Dehradun The State of Uttarakhand and civil Region districts of Saharanpur, Bijnor, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahar, Bareilly, Muzaffarnagar, Moradabad, Jyotiba Phule Nagar (Amroha), Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Badaun, Rampur, Baghpat, Hapur, Shamli and Gautam Budh Nagar in the State of Uttar Pradesh and any new district formed out of above districts.

11. All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Dhanbad The following districts of the State of Region Jharkhand- Dhanbad, Bokaro, Hazaribagh, Koderma, Ranchi, Lohardaga, Gumla, Simdega, Chatra, East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum, Giridih, Deogarh, Saraikela (Kharsawan) and Jamtara, Khunti and Ramgarh, and any new district formed out of above districts.

12. All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Guwahati The States of Assam, Nagaland, Region Meghalaya, Tripura, Manipur, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh.

13. All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in The States of Andhra Pradesh and Hyderabad Region Telangana and the area of Yanam in the Union Territory of Puducherry.

14. All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Jabalpur The State of Madhya Pradesh. Region

15. All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Kanpur The State of Uttar Pradesh [except the Region civil districts of Saharanpur, Bijnor, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Bulandshahar, Bareilly, Muzaffarnagar, Badaun, Moradabad, Jyotiba Phule Nagar (Amroha), Pilibhit, Shahjahanpur, Rampur, Bhagpat, Hapur, Shamli and Gautam Budh Nagar, and any new district formed out of above districts].

16. All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Kolkata The State of West Bengal (except the Region civil districts of Burdwan, Birbhum, Bankura and Purulia in the State of West Bengal, and any new district formed out of above district), the State of Sikkim and the Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

17. All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Mumbai The State of Maharashtra (except the Region civil districts of Nagpur, Bhandara, Akola, Beed, Amaravati, Wardha, Buldhana, Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Nanded, Gaddchiroli, Parbhanai, Latur, Yeotmal, Osmanabad, Hingoli, Gondia and Washim, and any new district formed out of above districts) and the State of Goa.

18. All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Nagpur The civil districts of Nagpur, Bhandara, Region Akola, Amaravati, Wardha Buldhana, Jalgaon, Chandrapur, Beed, Nanded, Gaddchiroli, Parbhani, Latur, Yeotmal, Osmanabad, Gondia, Washim and Hingoli in the State of Maharashtra, and any new district formed out of above districts.

19. All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Delhi National Capital Territory of Delhi. Region

20. All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Patna The State of Bihar and the civil districts Region of Garhwa, Latehar, Sahibganj, Pakur, Dumka, Palamu and Godda in the State of Jharkhand, and any new district formed out of above districts.

21. All Regional Labour Commissioners (Central)in Raipur The State of Chhattisgarh. Region

[F. No. R-13011/05/2026-SS-II]

ASHUTOSH A. T. PEDNEKAR, Jt. Secy.